Location: Europe

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Free Land of Puerto Thelosia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 3.169 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Healthcare and the Environment are on the agenda. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Esperanza. The average income tax rate is 47%, but much higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Book Publishing industry.

The CEO of Laws Incorporated must sign off on all new bills, students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, CDs are regularly copy-protected, and school uniforms are compulsory. Crime is totally unknown. Puerto Thelosia's national animal is the whooping veras, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the nyan.

Puerto Thelosia is ranked 366th in Europe and 90,215th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -22 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and